Section 77-15-7 – Purpose of predator control program; method of establishment.
Predator control programs shall be established in any county by the board of county commissioners upon receipt of a valid petition for that purpose. The predator control program shall be for the protection of sheep and goats, or cattle, or both groups of animals, against predators, for one-, two-, three-, four- or five-year periods. History: […]
Section 77-15-8 – Petitions; signatures required.
The petitions for the establishment of a predator control program shall be valid for a program for the protection of sheep and goats, if in the proper form and signed by the owners of at least fifty-one percent of the sheep and goats listed on the tax rolls in the county, and shall be valid […]
Section 77-15-9 – Form of petitions.
The petitions shall be in substantially the following form: PETITION FOR COUNTY PREDATOR CONTROL PROGRAM To the Board of County Commissioners of _________________ (name of county) New Mexico: The undersigned, owners of at least fifty-one percent of the sheep and goats, and fifty-one percent of the cattle (or either, as the case may be) on […]
Section 77-15-10 – Filing of petition; verification by board of county commissioners; creation of program; creation of predator control board.
The petitions shall be filed on or before the first Monday in August in any year at a regularly scheduled meeting of the board of county commissioners. After examination of the petition, if the board finds the petition in order and properly signed by the owners of at least fifty-one percent of the sheep and […]
Section 77-15-11 – Special levy.
A. Upon the establishment of a county predator control program, the board of county commissioners shall order a special levy of a tax in the form of a mill levy that will produce not more than the rate limitation set on the petition and not more than one dollar ($1.00) per head on all animals […]
Section 77-15-12 – Abolition or continuation of program.
The owners of fifty-one percent of the animals covered by a county predator control program can abolish the program in any year by a petition to the county commissioners on or before the first Monday of August of any year in the same manner as the program was created. If it is desired to continue […]
Section 77-15-13 – Powers of county predator control board.
The county predator control board shall expend the moneys collected under the County Predator Control Act [77-15-6 to 77-15-14 NMSA 1978] for a predator control program for the county. The board may do so by establishing a separate predator control program or by contracting with other federal or state agencies or with agencies of other […]
Section 77-15-14 – Program in addition to all other programs.
The county predator control program established under this County Predator Control Act [77-15-6 to 77-15-14 NMSA 1978] shall be in addition to other state and federal programs, and shall not be construed to be in lieu of those programs. History: 1953 Comp., § 47-16-14, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 92, § 9.
Section 77-15-1 – [Cooperation with United States; appropriation.]
That the state of New Mexico will cooperate with the bureau of biological survey of the United States, department of agriculture, in destroying predatory wild animals and rodent pests in the interest of the protection of crops and livestock and the improvement of range conditions. The work of destroying such predatory wild animals and rodent […]
Section 77-15-2 – [Agreement for cooperative work.]
The president of the New Mexico college of agriculture and mechanic arts [New Mexico state university] is hereby authorized and directed to execute a cooperative agreement with the secretary of agriculture or the bureau of biological survey, for carrying on such cooperative work in such manner and under such regulations as may be stated in […]